Scholars have stated that there is a significant relationship between a low standard of living that results from low income; and increased mortality rates.

In epidemiology, the excess deaths or excess mortality is a measure of the increase in the number of deaths during a time period and/or in a certain group, as ...

The mortality rate has been going down during the last hundred years, but the COVID-19 pandemic increased mortality rates globally.

The early modern age saw various economic changes as well as several significant diseases that have affected the mortality rates.

In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the ...

Pre-modern societies had universally higher mortality rates and lower life expectancies at every age for both males and females. Life expectancy, longevity, and ...

The short and long-term effects of air pollution are associated with an increased mortality rate, including infant mortality. Air pollution is consistently ...

The July effect, sometimes referred to as the July phenomenon, is a perceived but scientifically unfounded increase in the risk of medical errors and surgical ...

Overall, the maternal mortality rate increased from 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, to 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021.

Another study found that mortality salience could cause an increase in support for martyrdom and military intervention.